While somewhat secure in his position on Survivor: One World's men's team, things began to change for Jonas Otsuji once the tribes were shuffled and he found himself on the obviously weaker Manono. While he managed to maintain his alliance with the remaining men, his position in the game was called into question once the merge took place and he was seen as a threat by the former Salani group. Although the 37-year-old Utah native attempted to hold onto his spot by becoming the camp cook, it was unfortunately not enough to save him and he was voted off during Wednesday night's Tribal Council.

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Jonas spoke to reporters on Thursday to discuss his Survivor experience.

Why did you decide to out strategy at Tribal revealing that Kat was on your radar to go home?
"We didn't have the numbers, so it didn't matter. At that point, I wanted to show everybody how clueless Tarzan really was. Our making peace was totally sincere. He's just a very volatile guy, I guess."

How did Colton's departure impact the chemistry of the new Manono group
"I think I would have gone a lot further had Colton stayed, because he was the most feared player at that point. He had the idol, he had relationships on both sides and so the next to go would have been Alicia. That would have changed the whole game and I would have made it way further."

What was your real strategy to make it to the end had you stayed?
"I was trying to play a similar game to Fabio [from Redemption Island], where I was just trying to fly under the radar a little bit until I felt like I needed to show my cards, or if I felt threatened in any way; at that point I would make bigger, bolder moves. It was basically just staying under the radar until I absolutely needed to [speak up]."

Why do you think your place in the game came under fire after the merge?
"Right when we re-merged, I went to my old alliance, which was Troy and Jay and I immediately sensed some awkwardness. I knew that something wasn't right."

Troy came to you to tell you about being the target at Tribal. Why do you think he didn't stick with your former alliance?
"Well, first of all, I love Troy - he's such an awesome guy. When Troy and Jay came down in numbers with the new Salani tribe, that's basically what screwed everything up. It made sense for him, and I understand why he did what he did because he was outnumbered by the women. I think that part of the reason that he clued me in had to do with the fact that I was now a member of the jury and a potential vote for him."

Who would you have liked to take to the final three?
"I told Troy that I would be honoured, even if I'd lost to him and I meant every word I said. My final three would have been me, Jay and Troy."

Did you think you had a chance to rally and get rid of Tarzan since he was getting on everyone's nerves? Even Chelsea defended you at Tribal.
"No, because aside from Chelsea, the majority of numbers agreed that Tarzan was now the asset because he was not liked and they wanted to take him to the end just for that reason."

Is there anything major you would have done differently if you had to repeat the experience?
"Yeah, I would have not been Colton's bitch, number one! And I would have just made a lot bigger, bolder strategic moves rather than try to play the whole 'I'm gonna fly under the radar' game. Ultimately, me trying to fly under the radar put me on the radar. It doesn't matter what game you play, you're going to be on someone's radar for being too strategic or not strategic enough. If I had to do it again, I would want to play a more proactive game rather than just doing what Colton wanted me to do."

Why were you so loyal to Colton, anyway?
"The funny thing is, I never believed anything that Colton said, I just told him that if he had a plan, I would say I was with him on that. But it wasn't like I was willing to bet my life that he was telling me the truth. I just went along with what he said but was never really 100% with him."

Why did Colton have this hypnotic effect on everyone?
"Because he was so volatile. He wasn't strategic in his thinking, it was purely based on emotions. You saw when him and Bill had the confrontation, the guy made the most irrational decision ever to just give up immunity because he hated the guy. Everybody knew he was playing both sides and he had the idol and was so willing to just pick somebody and get everyone to gang up on that one person. For me, I just didn't want to be that one person who was on his bad side and be voted out."

The curious dynamic to watch with that is that everyone failed to gang up on him and get him out instead.
"You would think that as a viewer, sitting at home and watching that. You would wonder, why didn't they just do that? But when you have the opportunity to advance yourself for one more day by just saying yes, it's so much easier to do that than to organise a revolt against someone like Colton. If Colton saw you talking to anyone outside of the group, he would immediately get paranoid and that would put a target on your back. It was so much harder than it would seem to organise a blindside like that, especially when everyone else wanted to go along with it."

We have to ask - poop or dirt on Tarzan's shorts?

"I have to say it was poop but it doesn't really matter - I would never stick my finger in that pot! It was a dual purpose pot, we would cook rice in that same pot!"

Were you glad to know that you were going home, or would you rather have been blindsided?
"I'm absolutely glad that I had the heads up, because it gave me one more chance to play and ultimately, it just... I didn't look like a dumbass, you know? No-one wants to go out looking like that. It was good in those regards. I was able to kind of look good at the end, fighting for myself. I definitely wouldn't have wanted to be blindsided."

What was the highlight of your Survivor experience?
"This may sound kind of weird, but I used to be really afraid of germs. Every time we had to wash our hands, we had to walk a few feet to the ocean and after day three, I just said screw it, I'll eat with dirty hands. Surprisingly, after day 20, I had no signs of illness and I realised that like, for three decades of my life I've been afraid of the boogeyman. I kind of overcame my fear of germs, and it's kind of interesting how that happened."

Would you play the game again if asked to return?
"I would jump on a plane right now and play the game if I could!"